Solutions to severe shortages in the nation's primary care workforce were examined at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. "In the United States today, some 45,000 people unnecessarily die each year because they don't get to a doctor in time," Sen. Bernie Sanders said. "Major reforms in primary care will save lives and save billions in health care costs," he added in his opening statement at the hearing he chaired of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging.
